Climate & Environment

London, Dec 28 (AFP/APP):British experts on Wednesday said 2022 was set to be the UK’s warmest on record after a year of heatwaves and minimal rainfall. The findings come as communities across the globe reel from a catalogue of extreme weather this year including soaring […]

PESHAWAR, Dec 27 (APP): International community is urged to take destruction and damages caused by disastrous flooding in Pakistan as a test case and initiate practical measures to build long-term and robust resilience in a manner that we do not have to meet emergencies again […]

Washington, Dec 19 (AFP/APP): The United States on Monday hailed a deal reached at biodiversity talks in Montreal as a “turning point” and voiced appreciation for the role of frequent adversary China. “The global biodiversity framework is the turning point we think we need to […]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 19 (APP): Pakistan needs “strong” support from the international community to deal with the vast devastation left behind by the unprecedented floods in August, pointing out that three times the area of his country — Portugal — was under water, UN Secretary-General […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (APP): The experts at a webinar on Thursday said the government efforts without public support to contain smog and air pollution crisis were futile as the challenge was immense requiring stakeholder intervention to address the issue leaving millions of people’s health and […]

Paris, Dec 14 (AFP/APP):A mysterious surge in planet-heating atmospheric methane in 2020 despite Covid lockdowns that reduced many human-caused sources can be explained by a greater release from nature and, surprisingly, reduced air pollution, scientists said Wednesday. Methane stays in the atmosphere only a fraction […]

Guatemala City, Dec 11 (AFP/APP): One of the most active volcanoes in Central America has erupted again, spewing lava and ash and forcing authorities in Guatemala City on Sunday to close the country’s largest airport and a major highway. The volcano named Fuego — Spanish […]

Montreal, Dec 7 (AFP/APP): High-stakes biodiversity talks opened in Montreal Wednesday, amid calls for a “peace pact with nature” to save the planet’s species and ecosystems from irreversible human destruction. Delegates from across the world gathered for the December 7-19 meeting to try to hammer […]

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 07 (APP):Assistant Commissioner Paharpur Tehsil Aneeq Anwar in an action seized a huge quantity of polythene shopping bags from several shops and imposed fines on them. He made a visit to several shops on Paniyala road and checked the quality, prices […]

HANOI, Dec. 1 (Xinhua/APP) –:Vietnam will reduce environmental impact of textile and garment industry by decreasing the use of energy and water to better meet the requirements of international import markets, local media reported on Thursday. The industry set the target to reduce energy consumption […]